Raising students' awareness of their approaches to study
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Innovations in Education and Teaching International
- Vol. 41 (4) , 405-421
Abstract
Studying law in Finland requires a great deal of independent studying for extensive examinations. To succeed, students have to have good self‐regulation and study skills and be aware of their conceptions of learning and knowledge as well as of their approaches to study. Experiences from study counselling at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, show that some students confront difficulties in adapting to this kind of learning environment. The participants of this small case study were 11 law students who received study counselling from the author. The students completed the Reflections on Learning Inventory (RoLI) (Meyer, 2000d Meyer JHF (2000d) An overview of the development and application of the Reflections on Learning Inventory (RoLI) paper presented at the RoLI Symposium Imperial College, London, 25 July ). The students analysed their conceptions of learning and knowledge as well as their study practices with the author on the basis of the results of the RoLI. The results showed that the RoLI functioned very well as a diagnostic tool in study counselling. By analysing their own results of the RoLI, students became more conscious of their conceptions of learning and their approaches to studying, and they were able to develop more efficient and functional study practices in their learning environment.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Broadening an Understanding of the Phenomenon of DissonanceStudies in Higher Education, 2003
- Variation in contrasting forms of ‘ memorising’ and associated observablesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
- Dissonant study orchestrations of high-achieving university studentsEuropean Journal of Psychology of Education, 2000
- The modelling of ‘dissonant’ study orchestration in higher educationEuropean Journal of Psychology of Education, 2000
- Individual ways of interacting with the learning environment — are they related to study success?Learning and Instruction, 1998
- Studying textbooks: Effects of learning styles, study task, and instructionLearning and Instruction, 1994
- Study orchestration: the manifestation, interpretation and consequences of contextualised approaches to studyingHigher Education, 1991
- Student failure: Disintegrated patterns of study strategies and perceptions of the learning environmentHigher Education, 1991
- Study orchestration and learning outcome: evidence of association over time among disadvantaged studentsHigher Education, 1990
- Individual study orchestrations and their association with learning outcomeHigher Education, 1990